Lower Saxony Waste Water Charges Law. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Niedersachsen Document type Legislation Date 1989 (2001) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleLower Saxony Implementing the Waste Water Charges Act. Subject Water Keyword Effluent waste water/discharge Water charges Rainwater Royalties/fees Registration Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties Geographical area Europe, European Union Countries, Western Europe Abstract The present Law enforces the Federal Water Water Charges Act in its version of 6 November 1990 (BGBl. I p. 2432) which establishes that the Länder shall levy the charges for discharging waste water into a water within the meaning of article 1 of the Federal Water Act. The amount of the charge shall depend on the noxiousness of the waste water. The text - consisting of 15 articles – deals, inter alia, with the following matters: charges to be paid for precipitation water, basis for evaluation for Full text German Website www.niedersachsen.de References - Legislation Implements Waste Water Charges Act. Legislation | Germany | 1976 (2016) Keyword: Effluent waste water/discharge, Pollution control, Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution, Water charges Source: FAO, FAOLEX